Caution

Cheesy bacon burgers

by Tyson

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0027182562560 · Tyson · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0027182562560 · Serving size 1 patty (149 g)

The verdict

Cheesy bacon burgers by Tyson scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 43-component record, beginning with Beef, Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese, Cheddar Cheese. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 43 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

82562560 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheesy bacon burgers label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Tomaten ketchup light · ±0 BOOK-OFF …562560 · July 2026

10 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 82562560 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Tomaten ketchup light · Nearest score peer is Tomaten ketchup light at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Cheesy bacon burgers: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheesy bacon burgers85/1002. Tomaten ketchup light: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Tomaten ketchup light85/1003. Materva, Yerba Mate Diet Soda: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Materva, Yerba Mate Diet …85/1004. Fully Cooked Smoked Honey Ham: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fully Cooked Smoked Honey…85/1005. Winco foods, smoked sliced honey ham: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Winco foods, smoked slice…85/100
High-band neighbours for Cheesy bacon burgers (85/100) outside Tyson.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Cheesy bacon burgers
85/100
Tomaten ketchup light
85/100
Materva, Yerba Mate Diet Soda
85/100
Fully Cooked Smoked Honey Ham
85/100
Winco foods, smoked sliced honey ham
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 13,350 products we've scored in the Meats and their products category, the average safety score is 92.4/100. Cheesy bacon burgers scores 7.4 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 92.4/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meats and their products products

Cheesy bacon burgers lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 43 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,159 Meats and their products products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Beef
2
Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese
3
Cheddar Cheese
4
Milk
5
Cheese Culture
6
Salt And Enzymes
7
Water
8
Cream
9
Sodium Phosphate
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
12
Apo-carotenal Coloring
13
Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose
14
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
15
Bacon
16
Cured With Water
17
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Sodium Phosphates
19
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
20
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
21
Bacon Flavor
22
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
23
Medium Chain Triglycerides
24
Natural And Artificial Flavors
25
Bacon Bits
26
May Also Contain Sugar
27
Smoke Flavoring
28
Maple Syrup
29
Natural Flavor
30
And Artificial Maple Flavoring
31
Brown Sugar
32
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
33
Maple Sugar
34
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
35
Molasses
36
Corn Starch
37
Sunflower Oil
38
Yeast Extract
39
Onion Powder
40
Natural Smoke Flavor And Citric Acid
41
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
42
Flavorings
43
Black Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Beef, pasteurized process cheddar cheese [cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt and enzymes), water, cream, sodium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid, apo-carotenal coloring], potato starch and powdered cellulose, natamycin], bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, may contain smoke flavoring), bacon flavor [maltodextrin, salt, medium chain triglycerides, natural and artificial flavors, bacon bits [cured with water, salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, may also contain sugar, smoke flavoring, natural (maple syrup, natural flavor) and artificial maple flavoring, sodium phosphate, brown sugar, dextrose, maple sugar, potassium chloride), molasses, modified corn starch, sunflower oil, yeast extract, onion powder, natural smoke flavor and citric acid], sodium lactate, natural flavorings, and black pepper.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheesy bacon burgers

Neighbours outside Tyson with screening scores in the same high band as Cheesy bacon burgers (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tyson; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheesy bacon burgers's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Cheesy bacon burgers's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0027182562560: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.